The University of Central Florida has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement with the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command. UCF said that the agreement will promote collaboration in research areas of mutual interest. The Army will have access to science and technology solutions, while UCF students will have an opportunity to serve […]
The Space Systems Command has awarded Palantir a $43 million contract extension to continue providing its data and decision platform for national security missions. SSC serves as the Space Force’s acquisitions and development field command headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California. Palantir said the award is an add-on to a previous contract […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded BAE Systems $316 million for advanced M-Code Global Positioning System modules. M-Code is a military signal designed to protect positioning, navigation and timing capabilities from disruption. BAE said that the award exercises an option on an existing contract that is now worth $641 million. The contract option calls for […]
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, said it has been selected by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to help protect critical endpoints and workloads across major civilian agencies. CISA chose CrowdStrike Falcon as one of the major platforms that will support President Joe Biden’s endpoint detection and response initiative, CrowdStrike said Wednesday. On May 12, Biden […]
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman a $3.19 billion contract to build boosters for nine Space Launch System rocket flights. Northrop has already produced booster motors for the first three Artemis missions. The new contract definitizes a letter contract awarded in June 2020 that authorized Northrop to order long-lead items and build twin boosters for the […]
The role of the chief legal officer is changing as organizations take on new types of business risks. Exterro, a legal governance software developer, published a 2021 survey showing that cybersecurity, compliance and data privacy are the most important issue areas. And for the first time, cybersecurity overtook compliance for the number one spot. Exterro’s […]
Farinaz Tehrani serves as senior vice president and chief legal officer at VSE, an engineering and technical services company headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. VSE provides inventory solutions, logistics, asset sustainment and modernization services for government and commercial vehicles. The company also offers consulting services in the health information technology and energy sectors, according to its […]
The Space Force wants to develop a modeling and simulation environment where satellite operators can carry out advanced training, an official said. Lt. Chance Saltzman, the deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear, said that the military’s satellite operators are not trained to deal with a contested environment, Air Force Magazine reported […]
MetTel, a communications technology company, has partnered with Science Applications International Corp. to deliver digital transformation services to federal government clients. SAIC is a global information technology integrator that works with clients in the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets. MetTel said that it will help agencies develop modernization roadmaps and execute near-term objectives. The […]
Nuclear Production One, a joint venture between Amentum and Fluor, has been awarded a potential $28 billion contract to manage two nuclear weapon production facilities for the National Nuclear Security Administration. NPOne will perform operational and management functions at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and at the Pantex Plant in Carson […]
